The Official Languages Thread

[Valandil]

IHOP!!! Mmmmm....

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
snickrat ihop?.... *bursts into laughter*

edit: I'm sorry... that just couldn't be helped.

I had to look it up on a Swedish/Finish dictionary site to find the "correct" words. And it wasn't all that easy.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Valandil
IHOP!!! Mmmmm....

Yeah, but who wants to go eat at a "snickrat IHOP"?

BTW... Grey_Wolf, what does that mean anyway?

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
Yeah, but who wants to go eat at a "snickrat IHOP"?

BTW... Grey_Wolf, what does that mean anyway?

It means "do joinery", putting words together.

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Ruinel
Yeah, but who wants to go eat at a "snickrat IHOP"?

Does it make you think of one of those "Shagrat IHOP's"??

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Valandil
Does it make you think of one of those "Shagrat IHOP's"??

pretty close

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
It means "do joinery", putting words together.

I think "snickrat IHOP" before the interpretation was much more fun.

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
I think "snickrat IHOP" before the interpretation was much more fun.

Perhaps this was a bit of a dry translation.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
Perhaps this was a bit of a dry translation.

Do you know what an IHOP is?

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
Do you know what an IHOP is?

No. What is an IHOP? (because the word ihop ( i hop, "in a group") in Swedish mean "together").

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
No. What is an IHOP? (because the word ihop ( i hop, "in a group") in Swedish mean "together").

IHOP stands for International House of Pancakes, it's a restaurant that I associate with "sticky" because of all the syrups they serve with their pancakes.

So, then a "snickrat IHOP" sounds like an IHOP restaurant with rats. But anyway, the word "snickrat" sounds funny all by itself. "You little snickrat!!!"

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
IHOP stands for International House of Pancakes, it's a restaurant that I associate with "sticky" because of all the syrups they serve with their pancakes.

So, then a "snickrat IHOP" sounds like an IHOP restaurant with rats. But anyway, the word "snickrat" sounds funny all by itself. "You little snickrat!!!"

OK! Now I understand. I didn't know there was a place called IHOP which serves pancakes. And using the word as an "endearment" is quite allright.

[Ruinel]

I looked up "snickrat" in Swedish at Intertran and it says it means "carpenter".

BTW... if I go to Sweden, and I meet some guy in a nightclub should I just say "Kör i vind" to whatever he says?

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ruinel
I looked up "snickrat" in Swedish at Intertran and it says it means "carpenter".

BTW... if I go to Sweden, and I meet some guy in a nightclub should I just say "Kör i vind" to whatever he says?

No. I wouldn't do that (he might get ideas) and I think carpentry is the proper translation (even though when I first looked it up the other term was apparently OK too).

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
OK! Now I understand. I didn't know there was a place called IHOP which serves pancakes.

Hah! And they call themselves International House of Pancakes... bhaaaah!

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
No. I wouldn't do that (he might get ideas) ....

I always thought that ideas were good things to have, though. And wouldn't it be a nice thing for me to inspire some cute guy to have "ideas"?

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Valandil
Hah! And they call themselves International House of Pancakes... bhaaaah!

I never really understood where the "International" came in... it just seemed like a place to get an all-American type of fat laden breakfast to me. Though I've heard that the English tend to have an even more fat laden breakfast than in the US. For me, I'll take a bowl of granola with soy milk or if I really need more, egg and potatoe taco with cheese and salsa. No sausage, eggs, bacon and the like for me.

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Ruinel
I never really understood where the "International" came in... it just seemed like a place to get an all-American type of fat laden breakfast to me.

But they have German Pancakes, Swedish Pancakes, uh... French Toast... Belgian Waffles, etc. (someone help me out here!)

[Ruinel]

Grey_Wolf, I looked up sex in Swedish... and it gave me 3 different things...

"kön", "älska", and "ligga med varandra"

just curious... which is it?

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Valandil
But they have German Pancakes, Swedish Pancakes, uh... French Toast... Belgian Waffles, etc. (someone help me out here!)

I looked up their website, it says they have:
- "international omlete" which has ham, cheese, green peppers, onions and salsa.
- crepes... which have 3 styles... German pancakes (with lemon butter), French pancakes (with orange sauce), and Swedish pancakes (with lingonberries and lingonberry butter... whatever a lingonberry is)
- French toast
- Belgian waffles